Mandarmani Beach in West Bengal

Mandarmani Beach is in East Midnapore district, West Bengal state, India. It is famous for its Beach Resorts. There are 13 kilometers of motorable beach roads here, which makes Mandarmani, the Longest Motorable Beach Road in India. This beach in the East Midnapore district is the Second Widest Beach in the world.

Mandarmani Beach
Mandarmani Beach

Thousands of tiny red crabs crawling around the long beach shores are the specialty of this beach. Jet Skiing is there at Mandarmani Beach on the Bay of Bengal sea waters.

Some locals may take you to the Estuary, (the mouth of a nearby river), where the tide meets the river stream and is a beautiful sight. This Beach name is also spelled as Mandarmoni. It is one of the best weekend getaways for Kolkata residents.

How Do I Go to Mandarmani Beach?

Mandarmoni Beach is on the Kolkata – Digha route, around 180 kilometers from Kolkata International Airport. Government and private bus services are there to this beach from Esplanade/Howrah in Kolkotta. You need to get down at Chaulkhola. Local vehicles are available from Chaulkhola. Digha is also known as Dighali.

Digha railway station is the nearest railway station to this beach, at 20 kilometers distance, connected to Howrah railway station by frequent train services. Private vehicles can be hired from Digha.

You may also hire a cab and visit the Mandarmoni seaside resort village. There are restrictions on private cars driving on the beach.

Can you Name Some of the Good Hotels in Mandarmoni Beach?

DIGHALI – I Tourism Property and DIGHALI – II Tourism Property are two popular Tourist Lodges at Digha. The contact number is 9732510134. The state government owns it.

Rose Valley Hotel is a good hotel. Beach bikes, ropeway, toy trains, water parks, boating, etc, are some of the facilities at the Rose Valley Hotel.

Sun City Mandarmani is a leading hotel. Hotel Sea Star, Masara Beach Resort, Hotel Diamond Glory, Hotel Sonar Bangla, Hotel Kings Crown (Mandarmoni), etc, are some of the other leading Mandarmoni hotels.

Nearby World Famous Hill Stations to Mandarmoni Beach

You can enjoy the spectacular view of the Himalayan Kangchenjunga peaks from Darjeeling hill station. You can also travel by the UNESCO World Heritage Mountain train there. Mandarmoni Beach to Darjeeling hill station distance is around 780 kilometers. It takes approximately 14 hours of travel to cover this distance by cab.